On 06/02/12 07:10, Tony Prescott wrote:
> --- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Brian Blunt"<bblunt@...> wrote:

>> While there are no printed timetables for the Metrobus services, times can

>> be found at bus stops ("approx every 10 mins from ..") and also by using the

>> Trip Planners on 131500.

>>

> Ah - well there you see, the Metrobuses are in the journey planner whereas SLR isn't. That's a critical difference. (Whether the buses actually run on time is another matter!)

The ones I rode yesterday were in the journey planner, and at the stops
we boarded, full timetables were provided (well full in that after
establishing the pattern it said 'every 20 minutes'. And they ran more
or less on time. It was a Sunday though.

I normally wouldn't have made this particular journey by bus, but the
Illawarra railway was closed, and the M41 Metrobus stop wasn't that far
away from home and got us with in walking distance of our destination.
The service was being used as well. Mostly for shorter trips than we
were making, but it wasn't hauling just air around.

Got my bus ticket inspected, for the first time ever I think. (Don't
ride buses that often, so not too surprising).

Some one was pinged for having more than 10 trips on their MyBus
ticket. It's easy to do if you use both STA and private buses as the
private buses don't have the AFC equipment so the driver marks trips off
with a pen. But of course the STA green ticket readers can't read that
can they....

I checked my other short trip ticket and discovered i'd actually done
that myself. When I counted up the front and back , I found I'd made 11
trips on that ticket.